Made largely in the village of Fuentaduena, 40 miles from Madrid on the Valencia road, in the front lines and in Madrid itself. The story centres around the necessity for keeping the road to Madrid open, and the life of the villagers of Fuentaduena who were working against time and in spite of bombing from the air, to complete and irrigation channel which would bring water to their fields and enable them to grow food for the besieged city of Madrid. Commentary and narration by Ernest Hemmingway; photography by John Ferno and Joris Ivens; editing by Helen van Donen; musical arrangement from Spanish folk tunes by Marc Blitzstein and Virgil Thomson; production committee - Archibald MacLeish, Lillian Hellman and John dos Passos.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
322812
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Farm life - Spain
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Spain - Rural conditions
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Spain - Rural conditions
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Village communities - Spain
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Bombing, Aerial
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Combat
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Spain - History - Civil War, 1936-1939
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Irrigation
Documentary
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Death
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Death
History → History
History → Spain - History - Civil War, 1936-1939
Short films
Short films → Short films - United States
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)